Win: Will Chalmers (1-0) Loss: Masashi Kurataka (0-1)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Will Chalmers pitching. Gene Hotaling singles to left field. Bart Mouton flies out to the center fielder. Gene Hotaling is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Cy Hall flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Masashi Kurataka pitching. Jayson Miller pops out to the second baseman. Scott Bridges walks. Ferg Ross hits a home run. Scott Bridges scores. Eiichi Okamoto flies out to the left fielder. John Humphreys strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Brian Judy grounds out to the pitcher. Lee Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Cade Johnston strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Gus Pavelchick grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Dennis Doyle strikes out. Kyson Suh walks. Will Chalmers grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Kyson Suh is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ebba McHale singles to right field. Jim Decker walks. Masashi Kurataka lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Ebba McHale is thrown out at third. Jim Decker advances to second on the play. Jim Decker advances to second on the play. Gene Hotaling grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Decker advances to third on the play. Masashi Kurataka advances to second on the play. Bart Mouton strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Texas Jayson Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Scott Bridges grounds out to the second baseman. Ferg Ross singles to right field. Eiichi Okamoto singles to center field. Ferg Ross advances to third on the hit. John Humphreys grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Cy Hall flies out to the center fielder. Brian Judy strikes out. Lee Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Gus Pavelchick grounds out to the second baseman. Dennis Doyle grounds out to the shortstop. Kyson Suh grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Cade Johnston doubles to right field. Ebba McHale flies out to the right fielder. Jim Decker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cade Johnston advances to third on the play. Jim Henriksen is pinch hitting for Masashi Kurataka. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Jim Henriksen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Gene Bosch pitching. Will Chalmers pops out to the shortstop. Jayson Miller singles to right field. Scott Bridges strikes out. Ferg Ross singles to center field. Eiichi Okamoto strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Gene Hotaling strikes out. Bart Mouton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cy Hall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas John Humphreys hits a home run. Herb Gonzalez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gus Pavelchick singles past the second baseman. Dennis Doyle grounds out to the shortstop. Gus Pavelchick advances to second on the play. Kyson Suh flies out to the left fielder. Will Chalmers singles past the shortstop. Gus Pavelchick scores. Jayson Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Brian Judy walks. Lee Brown walks. Cade Johnston grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Brian Judy advances to third on the play. Ebba McHale strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Toshikazu Kimura comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Scott Bridges hits a home run. Ferg Ross grounds out to the third baseman. Eiichi Okamoto grounds out to the shortstop. John Humphreys flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Walton Wayde enters the game as a defensive replacement for Dennis Doyle at CF. Jim Decker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Steve Croucher is pinch hitting for Toshikazu Kimura. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Steve Croucher strikes out. Gene Hotaling flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Andy Niekro pitching. Terry Ball is pinch hitting for Gus Pavelchick. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Terry Ball strikes out. Joe Burke is pinch hitting for Walton Wayde. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Joe Burke singles to center field. Kyson Suh grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Happy Struss is pinch hitting for Bart Mouton. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Happy Struss flies out to the right fielder. Cy Hall singles to right field. Howie Richardson is pinch hitting for Brian Judy. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Howie Richardson flies out to the center fielder. Cy Hall steals second. Lee Brown doubles to left field. Cy Hall scores. Cade Johnston flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5 Texas total runners left on base: 6
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: John Langford improves in velocity Vic Weaver improves in range Randy Beamon did not respond to coaching in range Vic Weaver did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Rich Denny did not respond to coaching in endurance Andy Hall improves in range
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Toby Carter improves in contact_vs_lefty Jeff Schulze did not respond to coaching in control Toby Carter improves in range Chuck Ardoin improves in contact_vs_righty Marsh Canizaro did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Toby Carter improves in arm Keith Maxwell did not respond to coaching in C